Hellboy turns 21, Picks of the Month, and comics shipping in March 2015

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Aside from comics I also enjoy a good beer…sometimes an adult beverage goes well with a good (or bad) comic.

Sometimes the two come together in perfect synergy such as now…

While you probably shouldn’t start any fiery apocalypses while enjoying with this beer, it wouldn’t hurt to have a few on hand should a fiery apocalypse occur.

2015 marks the 21st anniversary of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy—and what better way to celebrate this demon turned hero reaching the legal drinking age, then by giving him his very own beer.

The Right Hand of Doom, brewed Rogue Ales, an Oregon-based microbrewery the beer—appropriately a limited-edition red ale makes its debut Feb. 20 at a release party at the Portland comics shop Things From Another World and available via Rogue’s website.

Label featuring art by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola

“When Dark Horse Comics published the first Hellboy story 21 years ago, I never imagine there’d be a Hellboy beer,” said Mignola in a statement. “But I really can’t imagine a better time for Rogue to introduce the Right Hand of Doom beer. If Hellboy was real I guess he’d finally be able to buy me a beer.”

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Since I started blogging and doing the monthly Read Pile posts I have only been giving you the reader half a story.

I should have been making recommendations on comics that are going released in the coming month.

I will try to do this mid-month which is around the time that I submit my orders to Discount Comics Service, which is a great place to order comics from since they offer anywhere from 25 – 75% discounts and sometimes have special bundles on comics…which makes it possible to purchase more comics without blowing your budget. I will also uses these PREVIEW posts (named after the magazine that distributors use to place orders through Diamond Distributors) to announce which books will be my picks of the month which will be reviewed in the Read Pile posts.

Picks of the Month for January (to be reviewed in the February Read Pile):

DC Comics: Fables – Wolves Among Us #1Marvel Comics: Star Wars #1

Picks for the Month of February (to be reviewed in the March Read Pile):

DC Comics:Harley Quinn’s Valentine’s Day Special
Writers: Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti
Art by: John Timms
Love is in the air in New York City! The planet’s richest bachelor, Bruce Wayne, is in town for a charity auction – and the highest bidder gets a date with Mr. Tall, Dark, and Brooding! Good thing Harley Quinn just came into some money (please, whatever you do, don’t ask how). But can Bruce really spend a night with Harley without her learning how he spends his nights?

Marvel Comics:Star Wars – Darth Vader #1
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Art by: Salvador Larocca
Writer Kieron Gillen and artist Salvador Larocca bring us a peek behind the mask of evil. Ever since Darth Vader made his first on-screen appearance, he became one of the most popular villains to ever haunt an audience’s dreams! Now, follow Vader straight from the ending of “Star Wars: A New Hope”, (and the pages of the new Star Wars comic book), into his own series, showing the Empire’s war with the Rebel Alliance from the other side! Image Comics:

An astronomer kills his family, then himself, leaving a cryptic warning.

A Veiled Lady hunts her victims through human nightmares.

An occult hustler known only as ‘Nameless’ is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists for a desperate mission.

And the malevolent asteroid Xibalba spins closer on a collision course with Earth.

But nothing is what it seems—a terrifying inhuman experiment is about to begin.

Abandon all hope and experience ultimate horror in NAMELESS.

February 2015 Picks of the Month for March Read Pile

March releases for DC Comics:

***MARCH PICK OF THE MONTH***CONVERGENCE #0
Written by DAN JURGENS and JEFF KING
Art and cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER

Where do worlds go when they die?

The Earthquakes felt round the Multiverse, Superman’s lost days after “Doomed,” the World’s End – all these points will converge as the history of the DCU is spun from a new perspective, the perspective of a mad god and his arrogant child. The biggest story in DC history ties into literally every DC story ever told – and it all begins here.
Kingdom Come, Red Son, Wild West Justice League, Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew – all the worlds you remember can still be found on Telos. Everything matters. Every story matters.

Other highlights from DC Comics in the month of March include:

The month of March finds the two weekly series Futures End, Earth 2: Worlds End wrapping up in time for the Convergence event to start.

Grant Morrison’s final, stunning chapters of hid ultimate superhero epic MULTIVERSITY are released. The penultimate chapter of the greatest adventure in DC’s history is here!
ULTRA COMICS #1 reunites Grant Morrison and Doug Mahnke for a story so big it could only take place in the real world – that’s right, Earth-33 is back! With the Multiverse under attack, a team of scientists creates one final savior to take on the otherworldly threat…and its name is Ultra Comics! Literally held in your hands, one being will attempt to halt the annihilation of creation – and you, the reader, will have a front-row seat as you become an integral part of the resistance!
THE MULTIVERSITY #2 bring together the greatest and bravest heroes of the DC Multiverse to fight one last battle. But more than just some cabal of super-villains, they face the greatest evil that ever existed. An evil so massive, they actually may not stand a chance

JUSTICE LEAGUE #40
Written by GEOFF JOHNS this issue serves prologue to this summer’s upcoming JUSTICE LEAGUE event – “THE DARKSEID WAR”! It’s been building since JUSTICE LEAGUE #1. Now, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg and the rest of the DC Universe will come face to face with the two most powerful and dangerous entities in existence when both come for Earth.

***MARCH PICK OF THE MONTH***All New Hawkeye # 1
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Ramon Perez
Jeff Lemire in his Marvel debut, brings a fresh new look into the life of everyone’s favorite Avenger. With Kate Bishop, his trusted ward and protégé back at his side (not titles she would use), Team Hawkeye is thrown into an all new adventure spanning two generations of avenging archers. Past and present lives collide as Kate and Clint face a threat that will challenge everything they know about what it means to be Hawkeye.

Other highlights from Marvel Comics in the month of March include:

PRINCESS LEIA #1-2 (of 5), written by Mark Waid art by Terry Dodson ,follow sPrincess Leia Organa, who was captured by the Empire as a Rebel spy, never betraying her convictions, even in the face of the complete destruction of her home world, Alderaan. When her rescue came, she grabbed a blaster and joined the fight, escaping back to the Rebel Alliance and helping strike the biggest blow against the Empire—the destruction of the Death Star. But in the aftermath of that victory, the question remains…what is a princess without a world?

WAUGH!…Hot off his post-credits scene at the end of certain Marvel Comics summer blockbuster movie … HOWARD THE DUCK is back in his new ongoing series! Join him as he takes on the weird cases that only a talking duck can crack as the Marvel Universe’s resident private investigator. Artist of Images’ Sex Criminals Sex Criminals, Chip Zdarsky guides our favorite webbed-footed friend through his new world as he takes on THE BLACK CAT and MYSTERIOUS FORCES FROM OUTER SPACE!

Breaking Bad meets Blade Runner.
Arthur McBride’s planetary regime has fallen. His story is over. That is until reporter Croger Babb discovers the journal of Arthur’s cousin, Maia. Inside is the violent, audacious hidden history of the legendary freedom fighter. Erased from the official record, Maia alone knows how dangerous her cousin really is.

NAMELESS #2
The nightmare intensifies in MORRISON & BURNHAM’s apocalyptic occult horror epic on a former U.S. moonbase, kept secret since the Cold War, a terrible key unlocks an ancient box and a last-ditch plan is drafted to save humanity from the doomsday asteroid Xibalba.

THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS: THE SUN BEYOND THE STARS #1
Written by: JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by: NICK PITARRA
Only when he’s lost in space does the great Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, find his true calling. THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS is back with all new stories told in a brand-new format.